The Associated Press is reporting a statement from Universal Studios that responds to the woman who claims she was crippled during a scene of Brüno:

The allegations made by Richelle and Lance Olson in their complaint are completely baseless. Filmed footage of the full encounter, which took place more than two years ago, clearly shows that Ms. Olson was never touched or in any way assaulted by Sacha Baron Cohen or any member of the production and suffered no injury. If the Olsons elect to proceed with their frivolous action, we expect each of the defendants to be fully vindicated.

You can check out our homepage spectrum of today's movie reviews for Land of the Lost, the Will Ferrell-toplined movie that's an adaptation of the 1970s dinosaur adventure-show.  As you can see, the critics have been brutal -- anytime a movie is dismissed as "an ersatz pot of dinosaur piss," you might wanna consider other ways to drop $12.  But is this film the worst-reviewed ever in Ferrell's career as a headlining star?

It's certainly a contender. As of press time, its 23-percent rank on Rotten Tomatoes notches below the universally panned Bewitched, and is just on the heels of 21-percent-er Semi-Pro.  On MetaCritic, it falls well below both of those movies with a ranking of 32 -- the lowest score assigned any movie Ferrell has ever headlined with the exception of his co-starred SNL film, 1998's A Night at the Roxbury.  So it depends on your timeline.  At the very least, it's among the most abysmally reviewed outings for the star in the last decade, and is likely the worst since he departed Saturday Night Live to focus full-time on film.

But will this have any bearing on Land of the Lost's box-office take? Probably not, analysts are projecting, as all Ferrell films tend to perform similarly regardless of critics. The movie is billed "as a cross between Jurassic Park and Saturday Night Live," reports Reuters, and with its family-targeted marketing, is likely to fetch $30 million or more this weekend. Universal Studios certainly isn't distancing itself, despite the poor reception: "If you like Will Ferrell, you'll have a blast with this film," distribution president Nikki Rocco told Reuters.

Interesting, then, that Ferrell's IMDB page does not list the film, and hasn't for the past few days. The studio may be embracing Lost, lumps and all, but is the star?

**UPDATE:** IMDB now lists the film, though it wasn't there for the days preceding Land of the Lost's opening.  Mystery!  Intrigue!

Poster, courtesy Warner Bros. Pictures.

The whole time I sat through The Hangover, I could not stop wondering how the makeup artists made Ed Helms' missing tooth (see above, at right) look so real... or rather, really-not-there.  Turns out, it was no trompe-l'oeil -- the big, gummy gap in the 35-year-old Office star's smile is authentic.  As Helms -- who plays an uptight dentist in the film -- told People:

It is totally real. I have an implant. An adult tooth never came in … and when I was 16, they did a permanent implant. We started to do different tests with prosthetics and blacking it out and nothing worked. I wasn't eager to take out my implant because my mouth is healthy, but I talked to my dentist … and he was like, 'Yeah we can do it!' My dentist was really into it.

Gwyneth Paltrow was on Conan O'Brien's fourth Tonight Show last night, and typically, she showed off her toned stems (thanks, Iron Man 2 preparation) by wearing a scrap of wisp of a dress.  But while she attempted to dazzle the world with her wit and child-rearing tips (give 'em beer and Jay-Z -- really), bloggers and Twitter-ers were instead dazzled by her unnaturally shiny legs.  She was wearing sequins and her legs still had more sheen and blinding sparkle than her dress, for God's sake.  Was there baby oil involved?  Was she sweating?  Or is her skin just naturally as taut, pale and smooth as one of those windshield reflector thingies?

Taking the fall, of course, is GOOP -- Paltrow's holistic-lifestyle brand and blog, already a target for its soothingly PC vibes.  A sampling of this morning's headlines:

Gwyneth Paltrow Puts Too Much GOOP On Her Legs

What Was That GOOP All Over Gwyneth Paltrow's Legs on The Tonight Show?

Gwyneth Paltrow's Goopy Legs Shock Viewers

But seriously, what was that stuff?